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Trade tensions [music] between the US and Canada are reaching new highs. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announcing the country will double its counter tariffs on American steel and aluminum products along with a slew of other levies to additional goods matching the US tariffs announced last week and nearly dollar for dollar. Canada's finance minister addressing what went into their government's decision earlier today.

Well, you know, I think things got a little heated, Joe, yesterday between both of us. He was throwing insults. He's not shy to throw insults to anyone. and uh I I hit back. But I I think it'd be more productive if we actually sit down and the prime minister and and the president sit down and have a fair deal for everyone because right now there's uh there's there's not certainty in either country. There's not stability.

I talked to a lot of governors and senators and congress people. Uh they need certainty. Their constituents need certainty. And the way you do it is by signing a fair uh trade deal. And I told the prime minister uh no deal is better than a bad deal and we have to go tariff for tariff and and uh dollar for dollar and it's it's unfortunate uh we we had an attack from President Trump on our sovereignty on our country on the economy that were so integrated uh both both countries were both each other's number one customer and it just doesn't make sense to uh attack attack each other.

Well, we understand Ontario is disproportionately impacted uh by these tariffs when you look across the country of Canada. Will you move if if this is the direction we're going in to cut off electricity to the United States as you threaten?

Well, I wouldn't say cut it off, but uh search charges for sure. It doesn't make sense to the Ontario people that uh when we're under attack economically that we'd be sending electricity down to companies and and residents to keep their power going. I have an idea, Joe. I'd like to send more electricity down there. I'd like to create Fortress North America and keep an eye on people that may not see eye to eye with both countries like China and Russia.

But right now, it seems like the president's treating communist China better than his closest friend and ally for over 200 years. It's not productive. And a tariff on on Canada is nothing more than a tax on the American people. And we've seen that they're going to be paying thousands of dollars more in cost. The president ran on reducing uh unemployment. And it's actually you lost jobs last month. We gained 52,000 in Ontario alone, 120,000 in 4 months.

We're diversifying our trade and once that train leaves the the station and we're we're dealing with other countries around the world which we've seen increases of 100 150% of new trade, it's [clears throat] it's hard to turn that train around. So, we're we're going to continue uh working with the administration and I'm confident the prime minister and the president hopefully will president will come to their senses and actually uh make a fair deal.

Well, I'll tell you, I've been watching the president's truth social feed, as I I'm sure you have. He's been saying a lot, posting a lot about Canada, including this one. The US is giving serious consideration, he says, to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don't expect to be doing much business with Ontario much longer. How much of this is serious, Premiere? How much of this is chest thumping around the negotiating table that will actually end up in a deal?

Well, you know something, that's up to the president if he wants to change Lake Ontario uh to Lake America. I know Canadians, we're always going to call it Lake Ontario, but that's that's a lot of rhetoric again. And uh he's saying he won't do a lot of business with Ontario. Well, let me remind the president, 9 million Americans wake up every single morning to produce a product, a widget, or a service for Ontario. Uh if we were a standalone country, which I never recommend, we'd be your third largest trading partner in the world.

Ontario alone, Canada is your number one customer. Ontario is a number one customer to 15 states and number two to 12 others. So it would really really affect uh a lot of states. I'll give you an example, Joe. You know, already the auto sector has been hit by $ 110 billion. That's $ 110 billion. And I, you know, I feel for the the auto workers in Ontario, but I also because I love the Americans. I love the US. I think about the workers in Texas and Kentucky and Michigan and Illinois and Ohio that are going to lose their job because we buy 400% more vehicles than anywhere else in the entire world.

And so that's it's going to be unfortunate if we go down this uh go down this road.

Bring us inside to the extent that you can what happened on Saturday night. There was a lot of ink spilled in the days before this uh to suggest that a deal was at hand. Uh we know things fell apart at the 11th hour. has been reporting that Howard Lutnik might have been the one who pulled the plug on things. Who were you looking at on the other side of the table who is walking away from the table?

Well, what what what happened? I I mentioned we're the engine of Canada. Uh Ontario is and I told the prime minister this is an absolute terrible deal. It's a terrible deal for auto sectors, for steel workers, for manufacturing.

But did the terms of that deal change at the last minute? We understand that there was some real miscommunication in the way these messages were sent.

It it was what I understand uh you know they kept changing the goalpost constantly right up to the last minute and you can't negotiate when you change the goalpost in the last minute. You have to have trust and faith in your uh partner.

Do you have trust and faith in Howard Lutnik?

Well, you know, Howard is a shrewd operator and I've talked to him uh a few times. uh he's trying to protect the United States and the best way to protect the United States is make a deal. make make you know in the auto sector I always say you can't unscramble an egg that's been around since the 1960s the auto pack you have to make the omelette larger and when we see Chinese vehicles coming in uh that that's that's real really challenging for auto workers in the US and in Canada there's one way to fix this just like Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan never believed in in uh tariffs he he believed in making sure that he created an environment and conditions for for Americans to have more jobs, more exports, more trade around the world.

And unfortunately, President Trump has taken a different avenue that just does not work. It's going to cost Americans thousands and thousands of dollars. Uh and it's it's unfortunate. So, we're the number one customer when it comes to steel and aluminum and uh oil, 4.1 million barrels of oil and potachsh that takes care of your agricultural sector, high-grade nickel. I I could just keep listing it off and uh it's going to it's going to hurt the American people.

I love the American people. I love the US. Uh unfortunately, we've been put in this uh position when you uh attack our our sovereignty and call us a 51st state and call the prime minister a governor. Uh it's unfortunate, but that's who we're dealing with and uh